South Sudan agrees with Egypt on necessity for reaching legal binding agreement on GERD operation, filling

South Sudan agrees with Egypt on necessity for reaching legal binding agreement on GERD operation, filling

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir in a meeting in Juba on November 28, 2020. Press Photo







CAIRO – 28 November 2020: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir discussed in Juba on Saturday the developments of negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

 

Both leaders shared the same viewpoint of the necessity for Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan to conclude a legal binding agreement on the operation and filling of GERD. They also congrued on the importance of strengthening cooperation among Nile Basin countries in a way that achieves their mutual interests and does not harm any state.

 

President Sisi headed Saturday to the South Sudanese capital, Juba, to meet his counterpart Salva Kiir.

 

Presidency Spokesperson Ambassador Bassam Rady pointed out that Sisi's first visit to South Sudan is aimed at discussing joint cooperation between both countries,